Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-12
least accept this statement in silence even
IL they are rot satisfied of its truth This

much L know, there Is room here for
millions yet. The $500, 900 al
ready in the state look lone
some. If you doubt, travel from Fort
Worth 10 and through the Panhandle to
Paris CT Texarkana, to FL Paso, to Gal
weston, to Laredo, to Brownsville, to San
Antonio, covering more than half CT the
more than 1000 miles of railroads in the
state, and you will doubt no longer. This
trip will Go more. 1t will convince you
that by the time Texas contains ), 900, coo
of people, this Texas desert mirage Will
have vanished as this Tarrant county dew
did some hours ago under this August
sun.
My other dissppointments deserve
notice next. | have noted the heights Of
the mercury in various thermometers in
many parts of the state. They are not
TEXAS THERMOMETERS
either. Indeed many of these are of the
same pattern aid by the maker of the
instrument ct Ljchtenberg's and from
which he hourly reads the tempers
tUre st kswsmouth. None of these Texas
readings of the altitude OF the mercury
nave approached those reported from
Chicago or Joliet or St. Louis. You can
hardly name point in the state where G
height OF l0+ was attained two days in
succession, aud taking the reports for
two weeks or more past you will lind that
above the 81 degree mark is the exception.
BIT sides, the nights are almost invariably
SO cool as to force you to seeka covering,
stiff southerlY breeze Invariably prevail
ing. Genuine cases of sunstroke or pros
tration by the heat are almost unknown
here, or ct least very rare. Should such
q case be reported the chances are the po-
| lice would take charge of the victim,
| bluntly charge him with drunkenness,
have him fined in the Recorders court
and send him home convalescent to his
| family.
have seen no ''scrimmage,n fatal or
otherwise. | do not know that they have
such an official az G coroner. No one has
sprang out upon me with the affirmation
that he was from Bitter Creek or that he
WAS a wolf and that this was his time to
| howl, and that now he would so perforate
my hide that 1t would resemble my grand
| fathers old tin lantern. Indeed, it is a
misdemeanor to carry concealed weapons
| here, and punishable as such under the
laws of the state. The cowboy, even,
on his native heath, does not
psralyZe you by an attitude and the al
| legation that his name is McGregor
| Notwithstanding the colors in which en-
eastern and northern press have painted
him he is after all only O good fellow
manly, but not pugilistiC, and very con-
tent with sport that has nc CORY sequel.
| have seen many water tank, but not
g train robber has as yet made move.
| This is inexplicable, as they have had
ample opportunities. Upon tha Fort
Worth and Denver Road the engineer
Who holds the throttle of No was kind
enough to let me ride with him. Was he
ever on hand when his train was robbed?
eyes, last December, at the Bellevue
water tank, seventy nine miles from
Fort Worth" and my cheek blsnChed
g triae and my heart got in two extra
beats IS he quietly gave this information
! Then be told NE sill about it, winding up
with the statement that as soon as
THE ROBBERS HAD DEPARTED
a canvass of the train was made to ascer-
tain the losses. They amounted in money
| and valuables to less than $1,000. BE- the
time Fort Worth was reached the total
WAS tritie less than $4,000. How did
| he account for this discrepancy: "The
| truth is very sacred in Texas, and is not,
! therefore, handled carelessly,n and he
! sraveiy cast his eye down the track and
shut eff just enough steam to miss the
/ l5st CT O bunch of texas steers which had
suddenly determined 10 cross the track.
shall never forget that engineer; he gave
ne the only real new sensation | have en-
| joyed in the state.
But here is what knocks me over for 6
fact. TeXss probably has 500, 900 voters,
and to- day they are voting fer or against
an amendment to the state constitution
prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of spirituous and malt liquors
It. is q red hot affair. This question is
the only one that has arisen to divide
| them since the war, and both sides are
ct Work with will. The telegraph will
have announced the result ere this car
appear in the. journal.
Well, here is Fort Worth again, and as
it has repeatedly been styled the Kansa.
City OF Texas, will stop and investigate
it and in due time make report. Thi:
much 1 do know, If you want to SCI
tvery part Of this state accessible by
rail. il you want to see it properly and il
the least time, If you want to make close
connections and il you prefer large
percentage OF luxurious trunk line travel
ing you will come TO Fort Worth to begin
your wanderings. In my next letter
Will demonstrate this proposition clearl,
and SonCisely.